As expected, after the engagement party, it remained on the hot search list for a whole week. Finally, Jiang Luoning couldn't stand it anymore and, regardless of Dongfang Han's objection, insisted that Fu Linxiao get rid of it, so that he disappeared from everyone's sight.
Now the entire imperial capital, and even the world, knew that the Dongfang family, the hermits of the imperial capital, had returned, that the Jiang family's daughter-in-law was the eldest daughter of the Dongfang family, and that the Fu and Jiang family's engagement banquet had caused a sensation across the country! From then on, the name Jiang Luoning was truly a name that the entire imperial capital dared not provoke...
This week, the Dongfang family's threshold was nearly crushed by visitors. Some couldn't even get through the door, just to join in the fun. Dongfang Han wasn't particularly interested in these fawning faces. He just wanted the imperial capital's aristocratic families to know that the Dongfang family had returned. With such a big commotion, the news must have reached their ears. As for their messy thoughts, he ignored them.
Luo Shuyi has been living in the Dongfang family for some time. Having just recognized her relatives, she wanted to spend more time with the old man. Jiang Zuping certainly couldn't bear to leave his wife for too long, so he followed him.
"Aunt, you said we are so high-profile, why are the people in the Helian family so quiet?!" Ah Xing was fiddling with his mobile phone boredly and chatting with Luo Shuyi beside him.
"If your aunt knew why they didn't take any action yet, we would have caught him long ago! Why wait until now?" Jiang Zuping, who was holding some fruit, heard the conversation between the two and interrupted.
"However, I heard from my sister that Chen Xu is missing! She has been trying her best to investigate his whereabouts recently. I wonder if he will go to find his cheap and black-hearted grandfather!" Fu Linxiao and Jiang Luoning happened to walk into the courtyard arm in arm at this time. Hearing the voices of several people discussing, Jiang Luoning subconsciously tightened the hand he was holding. Fu Linxiao, who felt the abnormality of the little girl, did not say anything but loosened his fingers and held Jiang Luoning's shoulders to comfort her.
Jiang Luoning stopped and did not go to the living room. Instead, he took Fu Linxiao to the empty pavilion by the pond.
"Ning'er, what's wrong?" Fu Linxiao, who noticed something unusual, asked first.
Jiang Luoning turned around and stood opposite Fu Linxiao. He raised his head and looked directly into the man's eyes. After staring for a moment, he finally asked the man, "Fu Linxiao, do you... believe me?"
Fu Linxiao looked directly into the girl's eyes, and without a moment's hesitation, he nodded in response: "Ning'er, of course I believe you. In fact, if you have anything to say, you really don't have to bury it in your heart. Even if you don't say it, I can see that since you fell into the water, you have a feeling of hatred. I don't know where this hatred comes from, and who is the target of your resentment? Is it Chen Xu? Or Dong Siqing? Or someone else? I haven't forced you to tell me your secret. I'm giving you time. I believe that when you have sorted out everything, you will definitely tell me the truth, right?"
Jiang Luoning looked at the man in front of her, unable to express what was in her mind. She only felt that there was a voice telling her to believe him, because he was the one who protected her with his life in the previous life.
"Do you... believe in rebirth?" Jiang Luoning finally revealed the secret buried in his heart.
"Fu Linxiao, I'm reborn! I'm reborn with hatred! In my last life, I hurt everyone, and in the end, I died in your arms. Isn't it ridiculous? You were so good to me, and loved me so much, but I believed the slander and caused your family to be destroyed."
Perhaps what Jiang Luoning said was too shocking, or perhaps it was because he felt sorry for the little girl who was trembling in silence, but Fu Linxiao felt dizzy and his heart felt like it was being cut and stabbed by an unsharpened dagger. Perhaps the bone-eating pain that Ah Xing described was just like this.
"Who is it?"
Fu Linxiao's angry voice came, and the question he asked made Jiang Luoning hesitate, thinking that he was hallucinating.
"Who killed you?" The man's low and hoarse voice sounded again.
Jiang Luoning gathered his thoughts and looked at Fu Linxiao without answering.
"Ning'er, tell me! Who made you so miserable in your previous life?"
Unable to control her emotions any longer, Jiang Luoning threw herself into Fu Linxiao's arms and burst into tears.
"Fu, Fu Linxiao, are you... a fool? I hurt you... so... so... badly, and you actually... still... ask me who... hurt me? You don't even... blame me?"
Fu Linxiao gently caressed the little girl in his arms, comforting her, and held her tightly with one hand. He had no mood to blame her, and all he wanted was to catch everyone who had hurt her and tear them into pieces.
"Silly girl, don't cry! It's all in the past! I thank God for sending you back to me. No matter what happened before, let's just treat it as a nightmare, okay? Look, aren't we doing well now? We're engaged, and the next step is getting married. We'll be very happy in the future! Sweetie, don't cry, it'll break my heart if you keep crying."
With Fu Linxiao's comfort, Jiang Luoning slowly calmed down. She left the man's arms, took a deep breath, and told Fu Linxiao everything that happened in her previous life, including what she noticed was wrong with Chen Xu in the hospital, and the conversation he had with her.
This also solved Fu Linxiao's previous doubts as to why she was so sure that there was something wrong with the Dong family, and why he had such a different attitude towards Chen Xu and his sister.
After hearing this, Fu Linxiao pondered for a moment, sorted out his thoughts, and then asked the question in his heart: "So you suspect that Chen Xu has also been reborn? In his previous life, his actions were controlled by someone! And what other things happened after you died that you don't know about?"
"Yeah, that's right! So I think finding Chen Xu now would be of great help to us. He might know something I don't, and what he said in the hospital also confirmed some of my thoughts."
After hearing the little girl's words, Fu Linxiao finally felt relieved. At least he finally figured out where her inexplicable feelings towards Chen Xu came from.
"Okay, leave the rest to me! But Ning'er, you have to promise me that you won't dwell on what happened in the past. Even if it's true, you didn't mean it from the heart. You're also a victim, okay?"
Perhaps it was Fu Linxiao's comfort that worked, or perhaps it was because the burden in her heart was relieved after she confessed, Jiang Luoning nodded obediently and snuggled into the man's arms again, feeling the sense of security and belonging that the man brought her.
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